Thursday · 76 clues

LA Times Crossword August 20, 2026 answers

All Across and Down clues from today's LA Times Crossword, with verified answers.

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Puzzle stats

76 total clues

Day

Thursday

Medium difficulty

Total clues

76

in today's grid

Across

31

horizontal answers

Down

45

vertical answers

Across clues

31 clues
Across · 3 letters

"How amusing"

H
E
H
 Across · 4 letters

"You said it!"

A
M
E
N
 Across · 4 letters

Appliance alert

B
E
E
P
 Across · 4 letters

Bucks and does

D
E
E
R
 Across · 7 letters

Do the same as

I
M
I
T
A
T
E
 Across · 4 letters

Doesn't just assume

A
S
K
S
 Across · 7 letters

Error

M
I
S
S
T
E
P
 Across · 5 letters

Fuming

I
R
A
T
E
 Across · 6 letters

Gets even with

R
E
P
A
Y
S
 Across · 4 letters

Half a sextet

T
R
I
O
 Across · 15 letters

Hard stuff for a sweet tooth

J
A
W
B
R
E
A
K
E
R
C
A
N
D
Y
 Across · 15 letters

Hard stuff in a bar

A
L
C
O
H
O
L
I
C
D
R
I
N
K
S
 Across · 15 letters

Hard stuff in rings

N
A
T
U
R
A
L
D
I
A
M
O
N
D
S
 Across · 13 letters

Hard stuff in school

R
O
C
K
E
T
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
 Across · 3 letters

Ignited

L
I
T
 Across · 5 letters

Licoricelike herb

A
N
I
S
E
 Across · 3 letters

Marina __ Rey, California

D
E
L
 Across · 3 letters

Nocturnal flapper

B
A
T
 Across · 5 letters

Numbers for letters

R
E
N
T
S
 Across · 4 letters

Ore-rich vein

S
E
A
M
 Across · 3 letters

Org. that oversees food recalls

F
D
A
 Across · 7 letters

Peaceful getaway spot

R
E
T
R
E
A
T
 Across · 3 letters

Proper

A
P
T
 Across · 7 letters

Radio static sound

C
R
A
C
K
L
E
 Across · 6 letters

Relativity, for one

T
H
E
O
R
Y
 Across · 7 letters

Robin Hood foe

S
H
E
R
I
F
F
 Across · 4 letters

Small floral bundle

P
O
S
Y
 Across · 4 letters

Tollbooth pricing unit

A
X
L
E
 Across · 9 letters

Utterly exhausted

B
O
N
E
T
I
R
E
D
 Across · 5 letters

Word with circle and tube

I
N
N
E
R
 Across · 3 letters

__ culpa

M
E
A

Down clues

45 clues
Down · 5 letters

"Bike faster!"

P
E
D
A
L
 Down · 3 letters

"My conscience whispers in your __": "King John"

E
A
R
 Down · 4 letters

"The Devil in the White City" writer Larson

E
R
I
K
 Down · 3 letters

Belfast-born actor Stephen

R
E
A
 Down · 5 letters

Big hit at the ballpark

H
O
M
E
R
 Down · 4 letters

Bit of fishing gear

R
E
E
L
 Down · 6 letters

Bit of hamster food

P
E
L
L
E
T
 Down · 4 letters

Boyos

L
A
D
S
 Down · 3 letters

Bread machine

A
T
M
 Down · 3 letters

Bucks, but not does

H
E
S
 Down · 4 letters

Casino game

K
E
N
O
 Down · 3 letters

Casual hellos

Y
O
S
 Down · 5 letters

Chocolate substitute

C
A
R
O
B
 Down · 3 letters

Contrail location

S
K
Y
 Down · 5 letters

Create a clean slate?

E
R
A
S
E
 Down · 5 letters

Defiant response to a threat

T
R
Y
M
E
 Down · 3 letters

Dismissive syllable

F
E
H
 Down · 3 letters

E, in Morse code

D
I
T
 Down · 5 letters

Ethan of the "Before" trilogy

H
A
W
K
E
 Down · 8 letters

Flowering plant once believed to repel pests

F
L
E
A
B
A
N
E
 Down · 3 letters

Fossil-preserving gunk

T
A
R
 Down · 4 letters

Grain ground to make masa

C
O
R
N
 Down · 3 letters

High or low follower, in graphics

R
E
S
 Down · 3 letters

Hip-hop pioneer Dr. __

D
R
E
 Down · 3 letters

In shape

F
I
T
 Down · 4 letters

Ingredient meas.

T
B
S
P
 Down · 4 letters

Leave speechless

S
T
U
N
 Down · 4 letters

Marketplace with personalized gifts

E
T
S
Y
 Down · 4 letters

Mars rover org.

N
A
S
A
 Down · 4 letters

Mosque leader

I
M
A
M
 Down · 5 letters

Muslim headscarf

H
I
J
A
B
 Down · 4 letters

NNE, SSW, etc.

D
I
R
S
 Down · 3 letters

Nutritional amt.

R
D
A
 Down · 6 letters

One who always gives star treatment?

C
R
I
T
I
C
 Down · 5 letters

Online access username within universities, briefly

N
E
T
I
D
 Down · 4 letters

Place

S
I
T
E
 Down · 8 letters

Rigorous evaluation

A
C
I
D
T
E
S
T
 Down · 5 letters

Secondary structure

A
N
N
E
X
 Down · 4 letters

Similar (to)

A
K
I
N
 Down · 4 letters

Sports analyst Kimes

M
I
N
A
 Down · 5 letters

Thing of the past

R
E
L
I
C
 Down · 4 letters

Trim, as a photo

C
R
O
P
 Down · 3 letters

Unreliable stat from the fashionably late

E
T
A
 Down · 3 letters

Unspecified person

O
N
E
 Down · 4 letters

Well-financed gp.?

O
P
E
C

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The LA Times Crossword for Thursday, August 20, 2026 contains 76 clues (31 Across, 45 Down). Based on the day of the week, this puzzle is rated Medium difficulty.

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